oats

I have rye, oat and sunflower seed sprouts and my chicken love it! I give it to them before bed. I see there is lots of discussion about it- I find it easy to maintain and it’s better for the summer than just grains.

We have been feeding out chickens crushed oats for a treat. Is that fine? Are they healthy? I have heard opinions that giving them oats can be really good and others said that it can be really bad. :hmm Do you have an opinion on this?

I need a Gluten Free/Oat Free starter feed. I have 1 week old Australorps (2) and 2 week old Golden Sex-linked chicks. They are doing grand as they are gaining lots of weight, chirping happily, and very active. I have so far raised them on a gluten free/soy free feed recipe that I found on line...

I've been experimenting with the oats since I've got 50 lbs to use and the main huge difference is that very few seem to want to germinate if they're left open to dry out in the open air, but they almost all sprout when kept under a damp paper towel while gettimg established. Maybe too dry here?

These are my first two pans. Really need to build something to keep them for me. I'm hoping to find something else to grow by the time I finish this 50lb bag of oats. For now the quacks are loving my efforts!

I have been looking to plant some crops in a separate run so I can take them off of the run when I need to replant the crops. I need to know which crop is best for a mixed flock. I am currently thinking about oats or alfalfa but would like to hear your opinions, thanks.

Hi friends, i have successfully sprouted Alfalfa, Barley and Wheat for my ducks over the winter time. I just soak the grains in Water for 10-12 hours, pour them into plastic bins from $-store and cover those with cardboard lids so i can stack'em; Daily water change. Everything grows like...

Hi all, So after watching lots of videos on YouTube, I learned that wheat bran might be the best bedding for mealworms. And I literally drove to some of the nearest feed stores and it turned out that none of them had wheat bran. So I’m thinking if it’s okay to use whole oats. I tried to find...

I usually feed my birds (I have geese, turkeys, meat birds and layers in the same coop, soon to be separated but for now together) a 4 way mix of Oat, peas, barely and wheat. I also add in layer crumble and some oyster shell for my layers. The local feed supply however is out of wheat and my...

Hi and thanks for taking the time to have a look. My question is I have to buy horse feed whole oats on the package it says cleaned and nothing else, I know nothing about horses and would like to know if that bag of oats would sprout. Thanks

We have 70 hens. I found an ad in the local paper advertising homemade chicken feed. Can you tell me what you would have mixed as far as ratios and types of grains? I am no expert and don't really understand how it all works. I do want to keep protein quite high: around 19-22%. What would you...